If we thought Comodo’s reputation was tarnished before, this is a whole different level of ugly. Essentially with Comodo’s model of allowing for fast and easy SSL certificate purchases (I can get a Comodo SSL certificate for about $10 with no paperwork involved), they’ve put us all at risk.

Should all Comodo certificates be invalidated? That would cause serious chaos on the Internet, not really an option. Should we seriously begin to look at how secure certificates are sold and issued?

Big time.

In the short time I think Comodo’s certificates should be considered potentially suspect until they can prove that their security is up to snuff. Harsh, yes, but the system of signed certificates is based on trusting the signer/issuer of the certificate and right now Comodo is losing that trust.

Sure I’d love to be able to buy a cheap SSL certificate to secure signing on to my blogs’ control panels, but by supporting cheap certificates, we support cheap security and none of us can afford that.

America’s Experts on the Biggest Threats and Challenges Facing Us in 2019

By Webmaster / February 4, 2019

America’s Experts on the Biggest Threats and Challenges Facing Us in 2019